Volunteering Archive
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Escaping the Land of the Durian
Posted on December 6, 2009 | 10 CommentsThis is my third time volunteering with Hands On on their disaster relief projects and one thing has become clear to me in this time: I’m not interested in being […] -
Indonesia Has Gone All Muslim on Us
Posted on November 25, 2009 | 19 CommentsHands On have been in Sumatra, Indonesia for a month and it seems like the presence of 40+ foreigners has finally gotten to this small community. I guess it’s difficult […] -
Life in Rural Indonesia Post Earthquake
Posted on November 14, 2009 | 19 CommentsI’ve finally scored one of the four computers at an internet cafe in some tiny town I don’t know the name of after several failed attempts spanning four days. The […] -
Iowa is Out But Indo Might Be In
Posted on October 12, 2009 | 2 CommentsA few weeks agoI wrote that I was hoping to head to Iowa to do some volunteering in Cedar Rapids with Hands On Disaster Response (HODR). I love volunteering with […] -
Planning to Spend October in Iowa (Yep, Iowa)
Posted on September 18, 2009 | 14 CommentsI’ve been home in Canada for about six weeks and I’m starting to think about what my next move will be. This time around things are a bit different because […] -
Free and Cheap Volunteering Opportunities in Nicaragua
Posted on July 14, 2009 | 21 CommentsI’m always on the lookout for interesting volunteering opportunities all around the world and know that they can be hard to come by. Not because there aren’t plenty out there, […]